still broke; sometimes knitting

this morning

This morning I finally slept in. That’s all I wanted to do over the tiny two-day break that took me to Ohio, and I made the dream come true this morning. I love nothing more than a lazy slow morning, the kind that the semester just doesn’t allow.

But today, it was the perfect way to start my no-seminar Tuesday: a lazy morning in my comfy new bed (a real mattress! so grown up!! especially as it’s all for my old-lady-achey hip …), a little quality time with some coffee and my favorite wool, a late start to campus.

Though I’m slightly disappointed that sleeping in for me now means 8:30. Sigh.

Of course, this wool is worth waking up for. Why do I love it so much? I could just knit, frog, re-knit this wool forever … I don’t really care if it never becomes anything other than the yarn I love to knit in a million different ways. Is it because of the colors? Or because I bought when I first started knitting, during a very happy summer in Vermont?

I am kinda falling in love with the shawl, despite the weird foldy nature of the garter-stitch edging. I might have to buy more wool. Because I might want a vest.

In other news, I haven’t forgotten about the Idlewood. I’ve got to finish lengthening the body, finish the sleeves, and add the pockets. It should really only take me a day or two, so why am I dragging my feet?

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5 thoughts on “this morning”

oof. i hear you on the sleeping in — i might have accidentally done that. just closed my eyes for a minute after turning off the alarm, and then it was 8 am. glad there’s someone else out there who has such an “early” sleep-in wake-up time. makes me feel cooler. or something. and that wool is stunning. and i love how it looks. and there is nothing wrong with an entire wardrobe of this stuff. (wouldn’t a mara be awesome?)

Beautiful colours!
And a lie-in is definitely one of life’s simple pleasures – I find it almost impossible to sleep in myself, so whenever I do manage it it’s a huge achievement and such a luxury. And yep, 8.30 is a huge lie-in for me too. Actually, 7.30 is kind of a lie in…! Well, here’s to lazy slow mornings, full of coffee and wool… in fact, it’s usually to facilitate such mornings that I hop out of bed at the crack of dawn🙂